Wrapper and packaged article



June 6, 1939.

c. B. STINER WRAPPER AND PACKAGEDARTICLE Original F iled Aug. 12, 1936Uni iiii

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wnsrrsaasn rscxacsn aa'rrcna Clarence B. Stiner, New York. N. Y.,assignor to Sylvania. Industrial Corporation, Frederichsburg, .Va,, acorporationo! Virginia application August 12,1936, No. 95,518. Dividedand this application September 20.1931, Serial No. 184,622. In (L'anada9 Claims. (Cl. 131-11 'l. or wrapper constructed of moistureproofCellophaneto preserve the moisture content in the to- The hermeticalseal was soon abandoned became it was found that the moisture favoredthe development of amold or fungus growth on I This undesirable growthwas caused by increasingtemperatures which in turn caused the tobacco togive 0! water and carbon dioxide.Inasmuchasthecigarcouldnotbreathethrough the wrapper, the water evolvedcondensed on the .innersurfaceofthewrapper-g'ivingrisetoan c18extremely'moist atmosphere whichinitiated the above mentioned growth.

Thenextproposaltriedbytheindustrywasto seal the ends of the Cellophanetube or wrapper g in spaced areas only. thus permitting the cigar ,tobreathe. The use of a solved the problem of eliminating mold or fungusgrowths. The next serious disadvantage of using Cellophane was that theinterior as well as the cirp terior of the cigar was not free to absorbthe aroma given oil by the cedar wood, from which most cigar boxes aremade; notwithstanding the use of. breathing seals. Itis highly desirousto subject a cigar both internally and externally to a the action of anessential oil such as cedar to fiavor the cigar and impart .a pleasingaroma thereto. Howeventhe circulation of the aroma in a cigar boxisimpeded due to the pressure and compactness under which cigars areusually packed in the box. Moreover, whatever circulation there mightbe,-only the outer surfaces of the cigars were subjected to-the Thegeneral object of the invention is to obviate the foregoing and otherdisadvantages of the a prior practice inpackaging cigars.

The specific object of the invention is to package cigars in a manner asto promote the circulation of beneficial aromas into the cigars.

"Another object of the invention is toprovide I a Cellophane wrappersand containers for cigars which enable the cigar to absorb beneficialaro- -mas within the body of the cigar.

Other objects of the invention will in part be obvious and will in partappear hereinafter.

' as The invention accordingly comprises a product a the features,properties, and the relation of components which will be exemplified inthe product hereinafter described and the .scope of the invention willbe indicated in the claims. 9 According to the invention, there isprovided a wrapped cigar and a wrapper therefor having a perforation atthe end to expose the tuck end of the cigar to permit breathing andabsorption of beneficial aromas by the filler of the cigar. I 1

For a fuller understanding of the nature and objects of the invention,reference should be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which; g V

Fig. l is a perspective view of a plicated cigar tube of the invention.a

Fig. 2 illustrates, in a perspective view, a cigar wrapper of theinvention as it appears around a Fig. 3 illustrates, in cross-section,the combination of a wrapped cigar of the invention in a container.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a package of the invention showing therelation between the tuck ends of the cigars to the outer' container.

The ciga'r'wrapper may be made according to any suitable process and mayhave-any desired cross-sectional shape, but it will be hereinafterreferred to generically as a tube or tubular body. 30

The wrapper may be formed about the cigar as by leading a relativelynarrow strip of material into a machine which forms and encloses a cigarwithin a tube of the material. The tubular body may be preformed as bymaking a' tube from a strip of material and closing one end only. Inthis latter construction, the cigars are slipped into the closed endtubes which may be plicated or not and the other end sealed tocompletely en- I close the cigar. 40

The individual cigar wrappers may be composed of any suitable materialsuch as Cello-- phane, metallized Cellophane, cellulose ethers,

cellulose esters, gelatin, casein, synthetic resins,

rubbed; rubber derivatives, metal foil, glassine paper or anycombination of these sheet materials wheth r laminated or merelysuperimposed and/or coextensive with each other or not. These materialsmay be coated and/or impregnated-with any suitable moistureprooiing,water- 50 proofing and/or aroma-imparting agents or compositions.

The -outer container or box may be composed wholly or in part ofsuitable aroma-evolving material such as cedarwood or any suitablematerial naturally carrying or being impregnated with an essential oilwhich 1 and folded on the line 9 the perforation 6 will lie about thelongitudinal center line of the tube 1 I and thus expose the tuck end ofa cigar that the cigar to breathe may be disposed within the tube.

In Fig. 2 there is shown a cigar I0 (shown in dotted lines) having aheadend portion II and a tuck end portion l2. The cigar I0 is disposedwithin a wrapper [3 comprising a tubular body It having a seam l5, itsextremities formed into flaps IQ and I1 foldedover against the bodyportion, as shown, and desired. The flap ii is provided with aperforation 18 which surrounds the oi' the cigar ll, thus exposing saidtuck end. From this structure, it may be seen that the atmospheresurrounding the tuck end H has free access to the interior of the cigarthus permitting Q and absorb any substances which may be present in theimmediate atmosphere.

Fig. 3 illustrates the wrapped cigar ill of Fig. 2' positioned in anaroma-evolving container .19. The exposed tuck end ii of the cigar IIsubstantlally abuts the side wall 20 of the container II. It is alsowithin thepurview of this invention toperforate the cigar wrapper atboth ends. Moreover, the cigar may likewise have bothends cut to exposethe filler and thereby further pro,-

mate the circulation of the aroma-ladened atmosphere within the filler.

In Fig. 4 there is shown a complete cigar package of the inventioncomprising a plurality of individually wrapped cigars 2| positionedwithin aromaevolved by the containers I! and 22 is free to circulate andpenetrate the interior as well as the exterior of the cigar. Theinterior or filler portion of a cigar is composed of severalsubstantially continuous tobacco leaf layers which normally extendlongitudinally with respect to the cigar. Due to this structure, thearoma-ladened atmosphere easilyand freely communicates with the iillerleaves by way of the entrance provided through the opening at the theirend of a cigar.

The-individual cigar wrappers may be perforated in any suitable mannerand during any stage of production. The perforation perforations may beprovided. The step'may take place (1) while the material is in may be ofany desired size or shape or a plurality of smaller perforating stripform, or (2) after formation of a tube. or

(3) after the wrapper has been applied to the cigar. It is within thepurview of this invention to include any individually wrapped cigar ormay be sealed thereto if so I tuck end portion l2- 4. Aproduct ofthe'class packages of two or more cigars having the tuck end of eachcigar exposed for the P pose herein disclosed.

While any suitable packaging materials may be employed in carrying outthis invention as hereizibefore mentioned, it is preferred to employnonfibrous, celluiosic materials, especially Qellophane, for theindividual cigar wrappers and to use cedar wood as the aroma-evolvingmaterial.

Since certain changes may be made in the above product and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

This application is a division of my copending application Serial No.95,518, filed August 12, 1936. V

Having described my invention, what I- claim as new and desire to secureby- Letters Patent is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a wrapped cigar comprising, incombination, a cigar having a tuck end'and a wrapper enclosing thecigar. and having a perforation'extending through thewrapper adjacentthe tuck end of thecigar. 1

2. A product ofthe class-described; a wrapped cigar comprising, incombination, a cigar having [a tuck end and a pellicle of a non-fibrous,cellulosic material substantially enclosing thelcigar, said pelliclehaving a, perforation adjacent the tuck end of the cigar. v;

3. A product of the class described, awr'apped cigar comprising, incombination, a cigar having an end cut toexpose the filler and-aCellophane wrapper havinga perforation at one end thereof positioned"adjacent said cut end of thecigar.-

7 described, a cigar wrapper comprising a tubular container havingclosed ends, one of the ends being perforated to expose the tuck end of.a cigar that may be disposed therein. H w I 5. A product of the. class"described, .a cigar wrapper comprising a tubularbo'dy' or Cellophanehaving closed ends, one of theends being perforated. g 6. A product orthe class described, a cigar wrapper comprising a tubular body of acellulose ester having closed. ends, one ofthe ends being perforated. v

7. A product of the class described, a cigar wrapper comprising atubular body of metal foil having closed ends, one of the ends beingperforated.

8. A product of the class described, a wrapper for cigars comprising atubular body of Cellophane closed at one 'end and having a perforationspaced from the open end so that when the open end is closed by foldingthe tube upon itself, the perforationwill lie su tantially about thelongitudinal center line of the tubular body.

9. An article of manufacture comprising a elgar, an individual andewrapper completely surrounding and snuglyj encasing the cigar, saidwrapper. being provided with openings extending through the wrapperto'permlt breathing to take place between the-interior of the cigar andthe atmosphere adjacent the exterior of the wrapper. b

CLARENCE B. STINER.

